Critics, commentators and his main opponent have often defined Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as xenophobic for inciting fear or hatred of foreigners in voters. But the presumptive Republican nominee is not afraid of being called out for his xenophobia—because apparently he doesn’t think his voters understand the meaning of the word.
Anyone who has ever felt underqualified for a job they were applying for just got a new hero. A fearless 10-year-old girl named Eva submitted an application for a summer fellowship program in Paris meant for experienced data scientists and urban designers—and won.
Two Muslim girls, 12 and 14, have been denied Swiss citizenship after refusing to participate in their school’s co-ed swimming lessons. It’s the latest example of Switzerland rejecting applicants who don’t subscribe to an officially sanctioned idea of Swiss culture.
Just weeks after the sexual assault conviction of former Stanford student and star athlete Brock Turner sparked outrage that reached as far as the US Congress, the conclusion of another rape case against a young white man is raising questions about the difficulties in punishing perpetrators of campus rape.
June weekends are a popular time for weddings in Poland. During a recent trip to the country, photos of beautiful brides in sunny churches started dominating my social media feeds around 3pm on Saturday.
Barack Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton, presumptive nominee for the Democratic party, for president. In a video clip released today, June 9, by Clinton’s campaign, he said: “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.”
Following the controversial sentencing of former Stanford University student Brock Allen Turner for rape, the cast of the HBO show “Girls” has released a video to raise awareness of sexual assault. It’s dedicated to “the brave survivor in the Stanford case who has given so much to change the conversation,” according to a tweet by the show’s creator Lena Dunham.
Hillary Clinton made history last night (June 7) by clinching the number of pledged delegates she needed to become the first woman ever to be nominated as a presidential candidate from a major US party. The victory for her supporters, who vote under the slogan “I’m with Her,” was a sore disappointment for many Bernie Sanders fans.
Brock Allen Turner is swiftly becoming a poster child for white privilege in the US criminal justice system: The 20-year-old former Stanford student received a six-month jail sentence this month for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at a frat party in January 2015. Portrayed throughout his trial as a star swimmer, Turner’s good-boy image was supported by photos of him cheerfully smiling in the yearbook or at athletic evens. His actual mug shot was kept from the public for months.
Russian authorities won’t admit that they are complicit in a professional sports doping crisis alleged by global anti-doping officials and a top former insider. However, the government does claim to have the solution: Start early, nip it in the bud.
Pounded by days of non-stop rain, Paris has been flooded by the highest levels of water in more than three decades. The Seine river that flows through the city burst through its banks on Wednesday (June 1), creating apocalyptic landscapes in the heart of Europe.
In newspaper columns, magazine think-pieces and comments on viral social media videos, many Americans have decided they will miss Barack Obama when he leaves office—from his “cool rationality in foreign policy” to his mic-drop humor.
A country marred by war, internal strife, and political quagmire, Ukraine recently welcomed home a hero to uplift its spirits – and perhaps become its next president. The knight in shining armor is a 35-year-old woman, Nadiya Savchenko, a helicopter pilot who was released from Russian custody on May 25 in a prisoner swap. She is back after two years in prison, and ready to shake things up.
As the weather in Europe warms up after the cold winter months, refugees and migrants from Africa are resuming their dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean. With the increased traffic, deaths at sea have skyrocketed in May, with the end of the month marking one of the deadliest periods of the recent migration crisis.
Barack Obama is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, the site of a devastating US atomic bombing in 1945. He is the first sitting US president to do so. “Seventy-one years ago on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed,” he said Friday (May 27), calling for a “world without nuclear weapons,” although he did not apologize for the nuclear attack.
After being arrested in Japan, you can be held for up to 23 days without hearing any charges. You might not see a lawyer once during this time, and chances are you will experience relentless, unmonitored interrogation. The country’s notoriously secretive criminal justice system relies on confessions, and produces a conviction rate of more than 99%.
Donald Trump thinks Bernie Sanders would be a “dream” to debate, and the Vermont senator says he’s more than willing to spar with the billionaire before the California primaries on June 7. Notably absent: The person who, as of this writing, has the best chance of becoming the next president of the United States.
Edward Nero, the white police officer who arrested Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died while in police custody in April 2015, was acquitted of all charges in Baltimore today.
Revered English novelist P.G. Wodehouse once said that “To find out a man’s true character, play golf with him.” To assess the candidacy of Donald Trump– a rumored golf cheat and owner of 17 golf properties – we can paraphrase that adage: “To find out a presidential candidate’s character, look at his golf business.” It turns out that Trump’s golf empire is a great illustration of the troubles, inconsistencies and hypocrisies of his presidential campaign.
Tennessee senator Bob Corker is one of the few members of the Republican establishment to have voiced support for Donald Trump. According to the Washington Post he is meeting with the presumptive GOP nominee, fueling intense speculation about who will be Trump’s pick for vice president.
The way most Europeans encounter the ongoing refugee crisis is through a flood of news reports and statistics, death tolls, arrival counts, and tragic records reaching new highs. To create a moment of a more intimate, real connection between the two groups, Amnesty International arranged for a series of very simple meetings.
In her annual speech to both houses of parliament, Queen Elizabeth unveiled what is touted as the “biggest prison shake-up of the prison system since Victorian times.” The prison population in the UK has ballooned in recent decades, and the Conservative government is taking major steps to reform the system.
Former GOP senator Bob Bennett from Utah died on May 4 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. On his deathbed he asked: “Are there any Muslims in the hospital?”
A whopping 94% of respondents in Germany said other countries should welcome those fleeing war or persecution, according to a new Amnesty International survey of attitudes toward refugees—more than any other country. Of course, that probably won’t surprise many people given that, during the current refugee crisis, Germany has accepted more refugees than any European country.
